Bed-brace.



No. 674,24l. i Patented may s4, Ism.

J, o. KING. BED BHCE.v

(Application led Dec. 15, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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H y wqasses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFERSON DAVIS KING, OF BISHOPVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BED-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,241, dated May 14, 1901.

Appiioaiqn inea December 15, 1900. saisine-10,061. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JEEFERsoNDAvIs KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bishopville, in the county of Sumter and State of South Carolina, have inventeda new and useful Bed-Brace, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bed-braces; and it has for its object to provide a cheap, simple, and eflcient construction wherein by manipulation of a single screw both the ends and the side rails of a bedstead may be drawn inwardly and held securely against outward displacement, furtherobjects and advantages of the invention being evident from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a plan view showing the ends and side rails of the bedstead with the brace in place. Fig. 2 isa detail perspective view showing one of the wire-holding clips.

Referring now to the drawings, 5 represents the headboard, and 6 the footboard, while 7 and 8 represent the side rails of a bedstead, the head and foot having the usual posts 9 and 10, respectively.

In the inner faces of the corner-posts 9 and 10 and close to the side rails are engaged screw-hooks 11, which project inwardly and diametrically of the bedstead, and engaged `with the inner faces of the side rails are additional screw-hooks 13.

A wire or cord 14 has its ends engaged with the hooks 11 of the headboard, while the hooks of the footboard have the ends of a wire or cord 15 engaged therewith, the bights of the two wires being brought towardv the center of the bedstead, where they are engaged by a tension device hereinafter described. The wires are engaged between their ends and their bights with the corresponding hooks 13, which latter are so positioned as to deflect the wires in the direction of the side rails, and thus when the Wires are placed under tension they will act not only to draw the head and foot together, but will also draw the side rails inwardly. The tension devicel in question consists of 'a common form'of thumbscrew 16, having an annular ange 17 at the base of the wings 17, by which the screw is rotated. Resting against this ange is a plate below the slots of the two hooks 19.

wire lhas the ends of its bight engaged with 18, which` is perforated to slidably receive the screw, and at the ends of the plate and projecting from the face thereof adjacent to said wings are two hooks 19. Projecting from the lower edge of the plate 18 is a lug 20, having aslot 21 in its end, this slot being in a plane The the two hooks 19, while the central portion of the bight is engaged with the slot of the lu g 20, the bight being thus deiected from a straight line connecting the hooks and slipping of the wire through the hooks being prevented. A second plate 25, similar tothe plate 18, has its central perforation 26 threaded for engagement'by the screw, and with the hooks and groove of this second plate the wire 14 is engaged, the hooks 27 of this second plate projecting in a direction away from the plate 18. Thus' as the thumb-screw is rotated in one direction the two plates are drawn toward each other to place the wires under tension, and

when thescrew is rotated in an opposite direction the wires are loosened to permit of disassembling the parts of the bedstead.

With this construction it will be seen that Athe elements may be readily assembled and disassembled and that when in position they have a most effective operation.

A bed-brace comprising spaced plates having central alining perforations, the perforation of one plate being threaded, an adjustingscrew slidably engaged with the Unthreaded perforation and engaged with the threads of the other perforation for moving the plates toward and away from each other, each of the plates having hooks projecting outwardly from the outer end portionsthereof with their slots alining with the perforations of their respective plates, andspaced lugs upon one edge of each plate in the rear of the hooks, and a wire engaged with the hooks of each plate and having its portion between the hooks bent upwardly and rearwardly and engaged between the lugs of that plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JEFFERSON DAVIS KING.

Witnesses:

J. A. CARNES, W. M. DAvIs. 

